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# Print Current Chart

Printing from within the browser is a more complicated process than printing from inside an EXE program because the browser operates like a 'sandbox', which means that apps running inside the browser cannot reach out and setup or manipulate the printer in the same way that an EXE program can.
It's possible to press 'Ctrl-P' or select the browser 'Print...' menu option to print the chart directly from the Charts tab. The resulting printout will attempt to match the printed page with exactly what you see in the browser window. It's likely that this will result in a far from satisfactory printout.
So, when viewing charts, there is a menu option that will attempt to produce a printout better suited to your requirements*.
You will find a 'Print Current Chart' option in the menu options. Click this option and a new Print Chart window or tab will open, depending on your browser settings, which can be printed directly to produce a chart print that matches the settings you have entered in the Configure Print Options panel.
Checking 'Portrait page layout' and unchecking 'One chart per page' will open a Print Chart window such as the one below.
The whole page is designed to print on a single A4 page in portait layout and, if your printer is set up accordingly, will print correctly.**
If you change the print options the Print Chart window will change as well. Here we have unchecked the 'Portrait page layout' option, so the Print Chart window will be sized for landscape layout.
You may notice the slight difference in the width/height of each of the screen shots above. This should print correctly on a single A4 sheet in landscape layout.
You can choose other options as well.
The options on the left are for a portrait layout printout with only one chart per page, while the options on the right are for a landscape layout printout also with just one chart per page.
The screen shots above show the resulting Print Chart windows of each of the options. Portrait layout and one chart per page on the left, landscape layout and one chart per page on the right. Only the first chart is shown in the Print Chart window, the second chart will appear on the second page of the printouts in each case, if you need to, you can resize the Print Chart window manually to reveal the second chart.
* All browsers print in their own way, there is no standard process that the CCS Apps can use to give you the exact same printing experience across all browsers. All examples in this document are created using the Mozilla Firefox browser, which we think gives the best printing experience. For your information, currently it's not possible to consistently print reports or charts from within the Google Chrome browser,.
** The App cannot setup the printer itself, this must be done by you, either using the browser Print Setup page or through the OS printer driver.